Standouts from Lafayette Christian vs St.Thomas More

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The St.Thomas Cougars 10w-9L hosted the Lafayette Christian Knights 23w-1L last night in Lafayette. The Cougars are ranked #11 in Division I Select and the Knights are ranked # 1 in Division II Select.The Cougars jumped out to a 13 to 0 lead at the end of 1st qtr behind the steady play of allstate guard [player_tooltip player_id='484918' first='Jada' last='Richard'].</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Cougars battled back in 2nd qtr to cut the lead to 17 to 11 at half. The Cougars guard [player_tooltip player_id='668598' first='Brynnan' last='Boyd'] led the charge . The Cougars could never get any closer in 2nd half as the Knights walked away with a 37 to 21 victory.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Here are some of the key players from last night contest.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='484918' first='Jada' last='Richard'] 5'7" Lafayette Christian</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The senior point guard was great from start to finish. She led all scores with 19 points. She hit 3 three clutch three point shots during the game and was great off the dribble from mid range. The Cougars had two players hawking her all game long. Jada played outstanding defense from start to finish.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='484926' first='Eve' last='Alexnder'] 6'0" Lafayette Christian</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The senior power forward dominated on the low block for the Knights. She had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Eve has a nice soft touch around the rim and is a rim protector on the defensive end. The Cougars had no one to match her size.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='484986' first='Taylen' last='Taylor'] 5'5" Lafayette Christian</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The junior guard played tuff from start to finish. She chipped in with 6 points and played great defense the entire game and also rebounder well for the knights.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='668598' first='Brynnan' last='Boyd'] 5'7" St.Thomas More</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The junior guard led the Cougars in scoring with 8 points. She hit two three point shots to keep the Cougars within striking distance. Brynnan plays good team defense. She is a excellent ball handler and passer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Blaire Mccauley 5'5" St.Thomas More</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blaire is another good junior guard for Cougars.She had 7 points and hit one three point shot. She played tuff hard nosed defense from start to finish. The Cougars will be a tuff out come playoff time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->